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China released an app over the weekend that lets residents know if they've come in "close contact" with the deadly coronavirus Covid-19.

App Checks Whether You’ve Come in Contact With Deadly Coronavirus

By Kristin Houser

The World Health Organization announced a new official name for the coronavirus that recently emerged from China: Covid-19.

The WHO Finally Gives the Coronavirus an Official Name

By Dan Robitzski

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the coronavirus outbreak could get worse if countries don't nip it in the bud.

WHO Leader Warns of Worldwide Coronavirus Outbreaks

By Dan Robitzski

New research reveals that cancer-linked mutations can occur years before any symptoms appear, potentially giving doctors a new tool to diagnose it early.

New Research: Cancer Symptoms Can Appear Years Before Diagnosis

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists just published the results of the United States first trial of CRISPR-edited cells in cancer patients — and they're very encouraging.

Human Trial Suggests CRISPR Could Be a Viable Cancer Treatment

By Kristin Houser

Researchers say they've determined a new cancer treatment that uses CRISPR to gene edit cells is safe and could be effective.

First U.S. Study to Use CRISPR to Fight Cancer “Very Promising”

By Victor Tangermann

The coronavirus rapidly spreading around the world almost certainly jumped to humans from animals. Zoonotic viruses like this can be more dangerous.

The Coronavirus Started in Animals. That Makes it More Dangerous.

By Dan Robitzski

The coronavirus outbreak is rocking the rideshare industry across the globe from China, with both drivers and passengers feeling the effects.

Coronavirus Outbreak Has Rideshare Industry in Turmoil

By Kristin Houser

In the parts of China where medical face masks are mandatory, some find that the facial recognition systems they use to unlock their phones don't work.

Medical Face Masks Thwart China’s Omniscient Facial Recognition

By Dan Robitzski

Americans who recently returned from China are putting themselves under a voluntary quarantine for coronavirus. Some are facing dangerous rumors.

Here’s What It’s Like to Live Under Coronavirus Quarantine

By Dan Robitzski

Health experts recently warned that the coronavirus 2019-nCoV is more contagious than they originally predicted, and they still don't know how much so.

Scientists: The Coronavirus May Be More Contagious Than Thought

By Dan Robitzski

Li Wenliang, a doctor in Wuhan, China, was censored after he warned med school classmates about the coronavirus. Now he's sick in the hospital.

After China Censored This Wuhan Doctor, He Caught the Coronavirus

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists believe they've identified a case where someone infected another person with the coronavirus 2019-nCoV before ever displaying symptoms.

New Research: People Without Symptoms Can Spread Coronavirus [UPDATED]

By Dan Robitzski

In a grim milestone, the coronavirus has now taken more American lives than Al Qaeda did on the September 11 terror attack in 2001.

Scientists Warn: You Can Catch Coronavirus More Than Once

By Dan Robitzski

As of Monday, the death toll for the 2019-nCoV coronavirus is now higher than that of the 2002 SARS outbreak, though its fatality rate is much smaller.

Coronavirus Has Now Killed More People in China Than SARS Did

By Dan Robitzski

The Wuhan coronavirus is now "basically...a pandemic," the director of the Mayo Clinic’s Vaccine Research Group recently told CNBC.

Mayo Clinic Doctor: Coronavirus Is “Basically at a Pandemic Now”

By Kristin Houser

Doctors in Bangkok have been treating coronavirus patients with a mix of HIV and flu drugs, potentially giving health officials a new tool for the outbreak.

Doctors Are Treating Coronavirus With Cocktail of HIV, Flu Drugs

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. FDA has approved Palforzia, a drug that treats peanut allergies by exposing patients to slowing increasing amounts of peanuts.

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FDA Approves Drug to Save Lives of Kids With Peanut Allergies

By Kristin Houser

Developing: Coronavirus Catches Influencers

Developing: Coronavirus Catches Influencers

By Foster Kamer

A bizarre video shows how Chinese police have started using drones to scream at people who go outside without a safety mask about the coronavirus.

In China, Drones Are Yelling at People About Coronavirus [UPDATED]

By Dan Robitzski

The World Health Organization reversed its previous decision and declared the coronavirus outbreak a "public health emergency of international concern."

WHO Declares The Coronavirus Outbreak a Public Health Emergency

By Dan Robitzski

China is threatening to send people to jail for spreading rumors about the coronavirus, but it seems more likely it's just trying to control the narrative.

China Is Arresting People for Writing About Coronavirus Online

By Kristin Houser

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the first person-to-person transmission of the coronavirus in the United States.

CDC Confirms First US Person-to-Person Coronavirus Transmission

By Victor Tangermann

A cruise ship was stranded off the coast of Italy as officials investigated — and eventually dismissed — a potential case of the coronavirus 2019-nCoV.

A Cruise Ship Was Stranded at Sea Due to Coronavirus Risk

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. government fast-tracked the development of a vaccine for 2019-nCoV, the coronavirus that emerged from China last month. But it could take a year.

Scientists Are Desperately Working on a Coronavirus Vaccine

By Dan Robitzski

A breakdown of who is getting sick and dying from the coronavirus outbreak shows that elderly people and those who were already sick are getting hit harder.

The Coronavirus Outbreak is Most Dangerous for the Elderly

By Dan Robitzski

Ndemic Creations saw a huge uptick in "Plague Inc." players recently, a situation the game studio attributes to the current coronavirus epidemic in China.

Makers of “Plague Inc.” Game: Get Your Coronavirus Info Elsewhere

By Kristin Houser

Tesla has notified owners in China that they'll be able to charge their vehicles for free for the duration of the nation's coronavirus epidemic.

Tesla Offers Free Charging in China During Coronavirus Outbreak

By Kristin Houser

An October 2019 simulation exercise found that a coronavirus pandemic could cause 65 million deaths and trigger a global financial crisis.

In a Recent Simulation, a Coronavirus Killed 65 Million People

By Kristin Houser

To cut down on risky human contact, doctors in Washington State are using robots and video conferences to monitor their coronavirus patient.

American Doctors Are Treating a Coronavirus Patient With a Robot

By Dan Robitzski

Australia now has five confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV, meaning the virus has officially spread from China to a fourth continent.

Reports of Coronavirus Outbreak Hit Every Inhabited Continent

By Dan Robitzski

The city of Wuhan, China, wants to build an entire 1,000 bed hospital on a 25,000 square meter plot in just six days to treat coronavirus epidemic patients.

China Is Building a 1,000-Bed Hospital Specifically to Treat Mystery Epidemic

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers discovered 28 never-before-seen ancient viruses in 15,000-year-old ice sourced from a Tibetan glacier.

Scientists Discover Ancient Viruses Inside Glacier

By Kristin Houser

A link between the protein Sestrin and exercise could one day allow us to enjoy the benefits of physical activity without ever leaving our couches.

Study: Treatment Provides Benefits of Exercise Without Exercising

By Kristin Houser

Netherlands-based startup Hydraloop has developed a wardrobe-sized device that can sterilize and reuse household water, saving you money.

This Giant Box is a Waste Water Treatment Plant For Your Home

By Victor Tangermann

A team of UK researchers at Google Health and Google's AI lab DeepMind has created a tool that can successfully identify breast cancer in mammograms.

Google’s New AI is Great at Spotting Breast Cancer in X-Rays

By Victor Tangermann

A team of bioethicists argue that it's high time GoFundMe better regulate its platform to keep out medical scammers and unregulated treatments.

Bioethicists: GoFundMe Is Profiting off Medical Scams

By Dan Robitzski

A comprehensive new analysis of 50 years' worth of medical data has linked heavy, frequent marijuana use with an increased risk of testicular cancer.

New Analysis: Marijuana Seems to Be Linked to Testicular Cancer

By Dan Robitzski

A former sales rep recounts the tactics Big Pharma used to convince doctors to prescribe opioids in greater and greater numbers.

RX and Medicine

Drug Rep Exposes How Big Pharma Pushed Opioids

By Kristin Houser

A doctoral candidate has a unique idea for how to colonize Mars: send bacteria to digest the soil and churn out useable raw materials for future settlers.

Unusual PhD Thesis: Let’s Use Bacteria to Colonize Mars

By Dan Robitzski

A blind man who went through brain surgery to get outfitted with a new bionic eye says he can see some things for the first time in years.

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A Man’s New Bionic Eye Lets Him See After an Accident Blinded Him

By Dan Robitzski

DARPA is funding research into bacteria for bomb detection that could sense explosives below the ground and then glow on its surface.

DARPA Is Engineering Glowing Bacteria for Bomb Detection

By Kristin Houser

Google is secretly working with one of the biggest healthcare systems in the U.S. to collect personal medical records from millions of Americans.

Google Is Secretly Hoarding Your Medical Records

By Victor Tangermann

New research suggests that vaping is just as bad for your heart as is smoking cigarettes. In some ways, vapes are even worse.

RX and Medicine

New Research: Vaping Is Incredibly Bad for Your Heart

By Dan Robitzski

One man recently got a double lung transplant because he vaped so much that he caused irreparable damage to his respiratory system.

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This Person Vaped So Much They Needed a Double Lung Transplant

By Dan Robitzski

A new cancer drug cuts off tumor cells' food supply while also seemingly supercharging the immune systems' cancer-destroying T cells.

Scientists Tout “Miracle” Cancer Drug That Starves Tumor Cells

By Kristin Houser

Scientists used stem cells to grow a living mouse embryo in a lab without using any sperm or egg cells whatsoever for the first time.

RX and Medicine

Scientists Grew Living Mouse Embryos Using Only Stem Cells

By Dan Robitzski

Public health researcher Joel Moskowitz argues that we don't yet understand the risks of 5G, such as causing cancer, and that more research is necessary.

Researcher Warns That 5G Might Actually Cause Cancer After All

By Jon Christian

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Boosting NAD+ Levels May Be the Key to Effective Anti-Aging Treatments, Study Finds

By Futurism Creative

Watch the First Video of a Virus Growing in Real-Time

Watch the First Video of a Virus Growing in Real-Time

By Victor Tangermann

Medical experiments conducted on astronauts in orbit could have far-reaching implications for medicine back home on Earth.

Medical Experiments in Space Could Fight Aging on Earth

By Dan Robitzski

The doctor behind the young blood transfusion clinic Ambrosia is back with a mysterious new venture — a transfusion clinic called Ivy Plasma.

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Doctor Behind Failed “Anti-Aging” Blood Clinic Tries Again

By Dan Robitzski

After finding that simulated zero gravity killed off cancer cells, a team of doctors wants to send samples up to the International Space Station.

Doctors to Test Fringe Theory That Zero Gravity Kills Cancer Cells

By Dan Robitzski

The first large-scale study of a polypill showed the cheap, once-daily medication was able to prevent cardiovascular disease.

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This Cheap “Polypill” Could Reduce Your Risk of a Heart Attack

By Kristin Houser

The FDA has proposed 13 new cigarette warnings, each featuring a statement on the health impacts of smoking along with a color image.

FDA Proposes Grotesque New Warning Images for Cigarette Packs

By Kristin Houser

Scientists found a less intensive, more effective cure against the most dangerous strain of tuberculosis, which infects 10 million every year.

RX and Medicine

We Have a Cure for the Deadliest Form of Tuberculosis

By Dan Robitzski

The first trial of a chlamydia vaccine in humans delivered promising results, with researchers already looking forward to the next steps.

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New Chlamydia Vaccine Shows Promise In First Human Trial

By Kristin Houser

An experiment called BioRock is figuring out whether bacteria could turn space rocks into farmable soil for future off-world settlements.

Astronomers Want to Use Bacteria to Mine Space Rocks

By Dan Robitzski

IBM just announced that it was making three of its artificial intelligence projects designed to help doctors and cancer researchers open-source.

IBM Just Made its Cancer-Fighting AI Projects Open-Source

By Dan Robitzski

The FDA just announced a recall of Allergan breast implants, linking the manufacturer to hundreds of cases of a rare cancer.

Most People With This Rare Cancer Got a Specific Breast Implant

By Dan Robitzski

Johnson & Johnson, one of the world's biggest pharmaceuticals, is set to begin human trials of an HIV vaccine in the U.S. and Europe.

This Pharma Company Is Set to Begin HIV Vaccine Trials

By Victor Tangermann

By embedding engineered bacteria into the fingers of a robot arm, researchers have created a biohybrid bot that can "taste" for certain chemicals.

Robot Arm Uses Bacteria in Its Fingers to “Taste” Its Environment

By Kristin Houser

A team of scientists successfully tested a laser that can track down cancer cells and kill them — all by simply shining a light from outside the skin.

New Laser Zaps and Destroys Cancer Cells in Real Time

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese artist Guo O Dong is selling a laptop infected with the six most dangeous viruses in history for $1.2 million dollars.

This Dude Is Selling a Virus-Infested Laptop For $1.2 Million

By Natalie Coleman